I few weeks back, I posted my initial mock of the season and surprisingly got decent feedback. Based on a little more reading (inclusive of Finney's write up's) I have 3 additional ones.....although I think all in all my first is my favorite.

Mock 2:1. Ras I Dawling, CB Virginia: Dont see him being there at 2 (and not projecting trades). 2. Marcus Cannon, OT/OG, TCU: Not confident he will be around this late, but WTH3. Will Rackey, OG, Lehigh: Another that I think could potentially be gone by our 3rd as I think others have him rated higher4. Chris Culliver, CB/FS: No change here5. Anthony Gray, DT, Southern Miss6. Marc Schiechl, LB, Colorado School of Mines7. Byron Stingley, OT, Louisville

I have started to lean towards Dawling in 1, in large part because I dont think the OT will be there, it is a definate need, and no way do I think we will be there in round 2. Dont know what I would do if BOTH Sherrod AND Dawling were available........

in the first one (mock 2) alot of "if's" on there. I really dont think Rackey is going to be there at the end of the 3rd. The roun d 6 LB is actually pulled from your thread of writeups......a link or something that was posted within. Focus was on the other guy listed, but I like the numbers of this kid for a late flyer.

In mock 3, went with Sands as being the Schizophrenic pick you described our pattern of. Of course I am a bit biased being a WVU person, but I like Sands. I was greatly disappointed in his play this season, but have wondered about his ability to transition into an OLB. That is not saying I think he would fail as a S, but am not sure I see him at the FS spot. Friend of mine first saw him at the Gator bowl against FSU 2 years ago and came back swearing that it was Polamalu on the field.

Mock 4, I actually was shocked to see myself put Watt there as well. I have seen him in mocks listed everywhere from about 18-55, with one actually having us taking him. Decided to go with it and see what I came up with

Was playing with another one as well....in it, took nothing but big uglies from both O and D lines for 5 picks and 2 members of secondary. Would not be terribly displeased with something like that, but still tinkering with it.

WVU’s Robert Sands has the size that’s both impressive and worrisome. He’s 6’4”, actually 6’4” and a bit more, and at 217#, 4.53 he looks like a beast on paper. Ranked 119th (R3-4), I have a hard time seeing Sands being a cover S deep, and frankly he looks a bit stiff to be a S at all. Guys this tall just don’t have that natural smoothness that safeties require. I’d consider Sands more as a guy who might transition to ILB, with good hitting skills and superior speed and size for that position, if he can add some bulk. Otherwise, pass.

I watched a little more of Sands, and I'm revising that opinion somewhat.

Still think he's best sideline to sideline, rather than turn and go. Those are good ILB traits, but the more I look at his build the less it says he could ever be an ILB, especially in our system. Most of the PBUs and INTs I saw were on passes he could make a clean break on, ducks and underthrows, very little defensed running toe to toe with a receiver. Not great hands on some of those, even as gimmes.

Sands strikes me as a guy who was a big fish in a small pond, so to speak, but I think he's going to find transitioning to a league where you're facing Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees et al. a big challenge. He's not as fast and smooth as some of these CB/S types.

Really loves to hit and will drag a guy down like a cheetah taking down an antelope, but there's no way he could ever transition to OLB here. I see him as a SS, without the natural cover and athleticisim of Troy, or possibly a 4-3 OLB. Sands just scares me, so I think he's a guy I look at as a value rounder if at all.